Buckle for reins



(No Model.)

W. C. EDGE.' BUCKLE PoR RBINs.

Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

m, wf@ M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. EDGE, OF MONTROSE, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE FOR REINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,474, dated December 6, 1892.

Application filed J'une 13, 1892. Serial No. 436,464. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. EDGE, residing at Montrose, Essex county, in the State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Buckle-Holder for Reins and other Purposes, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, wherein- Figure 1 represents atop view of my improved buckle-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

This invention relates to improvements in rein-holders for controlling spirited horses; but it is also applicable in its main feature to other purposes.

The invention consists in the new arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings the letter A represents a rein. Ordinarily in driving horses two reins are used,which are united at or near their ends by a buckle. Hence one of the reins carries a buckle andthe other has its end perforated to tit such buckle. To reins such as these I propose to attach my improved buckle-holder, which therefore must be of such a kind that the buckle at the end of one of these reins can pass through it. Otherwise the buckleholder could not be applied.

My buckle-holder B consists, mainly, of a rectangular frame havinga loose and whollydisconnected cross bar a, provided with a shoulder .fr near each end thereof. This cross-bar may or may not also cari-ya bucklepin b, which is adapted to pass through the strap or rei-n. Fig. 3 clearly shows the crossbar a to be loose and disconnected from the frame B of the buckle-holder. The frame B of the buckle-holder also when used for reining horses is provided with a grip-handle d, which is acurved projection shaped to t the hand, so that a rigid grip on the reins may be obtained.

In operation the rein A, Whether it carries a buckle or not, can be drawn through the buckle-frame B with great ease, because While drawing it through the cross-baro can be entirely lifted off or even taken out, and afterward said cross-bar, being drawn down, is held in its position, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, solely by the pressure of the strap, the transverse movement of the bar or the twisting thereof being prevented by the shoulders thereomwhieh engage the inside of the buckleframe, as shown in Fig. 3. Soit will be seen that the cross-bar 0L will actas a buckle-bar, jamming against the strap in the direction from which pressure is applied, thus keeping the buckle-frame on the desired part of the rein, even though said cross-bar has no pin b, it being observed that the cross-barawhen pressure is applied to either end of the rein or strap will move with it a sufficient distance on account ot its sliding capacity to jam and hold the buckle-frame.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the buckle-frame B and wholly-disconnected longitudinally-movable cross-bar a, having shoulders fr, said crossbar being adapted to slide on said buckleframe in the direction from which pressure is applied and being prevented from twisting or from transverse movement by the shoulders at, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the buckle-frame B, wholly-disconnected longitudinally-movable cross-bar a, having shoulders @which engage with the buckle-frame when the parts are in operative position, and handle d, said crossbara being adapted to jam against and secure the strap within said buckle-frame,sub stantially as described.

WILLIAM C. EDGE.

Witnesses:

WM. R. SLINGERLAND, FEED N. JOHNSON. 

